May 3, 2021 - Op-ed by one of our members, Dr Eugenie Kayak.

May 3, 2021 - To read the open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, click here

April 27, 2021 - Over forty state, national and international groups representing hundreds of thousands of Victorians, call on the Andrews’ Government to accept recommendations for new national parks in Victoria’s central west.

April 23, 2021 - We've signed an open letter calling on the government to scrap this proposal.

April 20, 2021 - By DEA member Graeme McLeay.

April 16, 2021 - Doctors for the Environment Australia welcomes the launch of Healthcare Without Harm’s global road map for healthcare decarbonisation. The report highlights how “all countries’ health systems will need to reach ...

April 14, 2021 - The Productivity Commission has produced a 232 page Draft Report on the functioning of the 2004 National Water Initiative (NWI), writes Professor David Shearman.

April 14, 2021 - Op-ed by our co-founder, Professor David Shearman.

April 13, 2021 - A study by DEA member Simon Quilty has found that a sizeable chunk of Northern Territory’s doctors are thinking about leaving the territory because of climate change.

April 13, 2021 - In this episode of the Doctors for the Environment podcast, join Beau as he talks with Martin about the impact of climate change on sport in Australia and the role that sport has to play in tackling climate change.

April 12, 2021 - Health and medical expertise should be much more involved in the development of water policy, given its critical importance for health and wellbeing, according to Professor David Shearman, co-founder of Doctors for the Environment Australia.

April 8, 2021 - Dr Kim Loo, chair of the New South Wales chapter of Doctors for the Environment, has lived and worked in western Sydney her whole life. Over the years she has watched the market gardens once run by Maltese families out on the flood plain give way to new housing as developers have paved over the open ground.

April 7, 2021 - Op-ed by DEA member Dr Robert Llewellyn-Jones.

March 31, 2021 - Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has called on the Berejiklian government to pause the approval of new coal mines in NSW, saying the industry is already in decline and some ...

March 31, 2021 - Doctors welcome the Victorian Government’s decision to reject AGL’s proposal to build a 300-metre floating gas import terminal at Westernport Bay, describing it as a major win for public health. ...

March 31, 2021 - Doctors for the Environment Australia warns any plans to expand coal mining in the Hunter Valley and other parts of  NSW, as highlighted by new research, will have serious repercussions for ...

March 24, 2021 - The changing climate is exposing our patients and communities to more frequent and intense extreme weather.

March 22, 2021 - Getting to net zero emissions and phasing out fossil fuels, could save over 8 million lives globally every year, writes Kate Charlesworth.

March 17, 2021 - Climate change is a health emergency, which is already contributing to life-threatening illness and deaths and the Australian healthcare sector is part of the problem – contributing about 7 per cent to Australia’s national carbon emission footprint.

March 10, 2021 - After Hours will be a free monthly webinar geared towards a medical audience. Each session will be focus on a specific aspect of the relationship between the climate and public health–and what health professionals can do to respond to these emerging trends.